These are healthy and not over complicated meat-free dishes for vegetable lovers.
Sauerkraut prepared in a traditional way takes some time to pickle. If you do not have that much time and would still like to enjoy the taste of pickled cabbage, try this recipe for quick pickled cabbage. This cabbage can be eaten already after a few hours from pickling. In addition to the cabbage, you…
During autumn, the variety of available fresh vegetables is definitely limited. Of course, vegetables such as tomatoes, cucumbers or radish are available in stores, but these come from greenhouse cultivation or are imported, they do not taste as good as those bought in season. When I think of autumn vegetables, I always think of pumpkins,…
Despite mashed potatoes being only an addition and not a main course, properly prepared they can definitely change the taste of many dishes. What are mashed potatoes? Simply put, they are pureed or mixed, boiled potatoes combined with salt, pepper, butter and milk or cream. Often, additional spices such as herbs, onion, mustard or horseradish…
Kimchi is a traditional Korean dish that consists of fermented vegetables. The base of kimchi is napa cabbage and white radish, seasoned with gochugaru (powdered chili) or gochujang (chili paste), ginger, green onions and garlic. Some versions of kimchi also contain salty seafood such as dried shrimp. Preparing kimchi is very simple. The vegetables should…
Many cuisines would not be the same without potatoes. It is a basis of numerous dishes and I’m sure a lot of us cannot even imagine a good dinner without it. Most often potatoes are served in a form of puree, cakes or dumpling. For some reason roasted potatoes are not as popular, at least…
This recipe is for a salad very popular in Poland made from red cabbage. There are two schools of making this cabbage salad: Silesian and Greater Poland. Fried bacon is added to the Silesian version, whereas in the Greater Polish version they add apples. I like both versions of this cabbage salad and I make…
Pizza is a dish from Italian cuisine widely known in all countries all over the world. The basis of pizza is yeast dough covered with tomato sauce and cheese. The dough can be thick or thin, sometimes it can also have its edges stuffed with cheese. The simplest pizza you can get is the one…
Butternut squash pâté is a vegetable pâté made from baked butternut squash, cheese and spices. Butternut squash is a large pear-shaped pumpkin with a salmon-coloured skin. I use it much more often than pumpkin because it is not quite as sweet as the latter. This recipe for butternut squash pâté is easy and one worth…
If you have big amounts of pepper at home and are not sure what to make from them, there are a few dishes you might consider. First of all, if you have a lot of peppers, you should definitely marinate them or add them to other vegetables and make a winter salad. However, if the…
An omelette is a dish made with fried eggs, and it usually has a round shape. The simplest omelette is French omelette, which is based only on eggs, water and salt. However, there are more elaborate versions of this simple dish. For example, Spanish tortilla contains fried potatoes and Italian frittata has vegetables and anchovies….
Focaccia is a type of bread that originates from Italian cuisine. Focaccia dough is identical with the one for pizza but unlike pizza, there is neither cheese nor tomato sauce used on focaccia. Instead, you can find olive oil, sea salt, herbs, fresh tomatoes and olives. The focaccia from the recipe below is made with…
Vegetable broth is a stock made with water and various vegetables. The vegetables most often used to prepare the broth are: carrot, parsnip, onion, celeriac and leek. These vegetables are usually the basis of the broth, which, depending on the desired flavour, can be enriched with herbs or spicy paprika. Mostly, I use broth as…